James M. Mather Building

Location:

5804 Fairview Avenue

Date:

1973

Architect:

Paul Smith Associates

Cost:

$1,096,645

Sources of funds:

$526,390 Federal government's Health Resource Fund; $422,443 Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Woodward Foundation; $26,812 The Kresge Foundation; $26,000 The Kinsmen Rehabilitation Foundatio;n $50,000 Senator Norman Paterson; $45,000 The Vancouver Foundation; The Donner Canadian Foundation.

Name History:

It was named after the late James M. Mather, who had a leading role in establishing UBC's Faculty of Medicine and the Head of Department of Preventive Medicine (now the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology).

Materials being used:

Reused building materials such as bricks, pavers, glulams,etc.

Architectural features:

The exterior of this building is made up of stucco with standard window details,curtain walls and bricks.

Building users:

Faculty of Medicine, Schoolof Audiology and Speech Sciences, Family Practice, Health Care and Epidemiology, Institute of Health Promotion, Medical Genetics

Sources:

Ceremonies Office; Fine Arts Pamphlet Files; UBC Buildings (Campus Planning)

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